Hatred is settled anger.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Laws are inoperative in war

Laws are inoperative in war

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he...

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we...

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old...

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

Men do not realize how great a revenue economy is

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no...

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those...

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will...

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will...

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes...

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more...